Command Reference

File & Search

File operations and search commands

File & Search Commands

File Operations (20 commands)

AliasExpands ToDescription
h <file> [n]head -n {n|50} <file>Show first n lines (default 50)
t <file> [n]tail -n {n|50} <file>Show last n lines (default 50)
l <file>cat -n <file>Print file with line numbers
v <file>less <file>View file in pager
e <file>$EDITOR <file>Open in editor
w <file> <content>writeWrite content to file
a <file> <content>appendAppend content to file
x <file>test -e <file>Check if file exists
i <file>stat <file>File info
d <file> --forcerm <file>Delete file (requires --force)
cp <src> <dst>cp <src> <dst>Copy file or directory
mv <src> <dst>mv <src> <dst>Move/rename file
cat <file>cat <file>Print entire file
touch <file>touch <file>Create empty file
wc <file>wc -l <file>Count lines
sz [path]du -sh <path>Directory/file size
ch <file>chmod +x <file>Make executable
ln <src> <dst>ln -s <src> <dst>Create symlink
hd <file>hexdump -C <file>Hex dump
md5 <file>md5sum <file>MD5 checksum

Search & Find (13 commands)

AliasExpands ToDescription
sf <pattern>find . -name <pattern>Find files by name
sft <ext>find . -name *.<ext>Find by extension
sfe <name> <cmd>find … -exec <cmd>Find and execute
sfs <size>find . -type f -size +<size>Find files larger than
sg <term> [dir]grep -rn <term> <dir>Recursive grep
sl <term> <dir>grep -rn <term> <dir>Grep in directory
si <term>grep -rn import <term> .Search imports
sc <pattern>grep -rn <pattern> .Search code
sr <old> <new> <file>sed -i 's/old/new/g' fileSearch & replace
rg <term> [dir]rg <term> <dir>Ripgrep search
rgf <term> [dir]rg -l <term> <dir>Ripgrep filenames only
rgc <term> [dir]rg -c <term> <dir>Ripgrep count
todo [dir]grep -rn TODO|FIXME…Find all TODOs
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